Appropriate and Inappropriate Ventricular Therapies, Quality of Life, and Mortality Among Primary and Secondary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients

O. Sweeney, Michael; S. Wathen, Mark; J. VOLOSIN, KENT; Abdalla, Ismaile; DeGroot, Paul; F. Otterness, Mary; J. Stark, Alice

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.104.526673

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Appropriate and Inappropriate Ventricular Therapies, Quality of Life, and Mortality Among Primary and Secondary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients

Published in Circulation • Jun 1, 2005

Authors:

Michael O. Sweeney

Mark S. Wathen

KENT J. VOLOSIN

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) reduce mortality in primary and secondary prevention. Quality of life, mortality, appropriate therapies for specific ventricular rhythms, and inappropriate therapies for supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) were compared among 582 patients (pr...

Subject

Medicine

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Primary prevention

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